Gawad sa Manlilikha

ng Bayan (GaMaBa)
The Contemporary in Traditional Art

Presented by: Group 3

Learning Competencies:
Compares forms of arts from the
different regions.
Interprets and relates the significance
of arts from from the regions.
Promotes arts from the regions.
What is the
GaMaBa?
 GaMaBa
The National Living Treasures Award, alternatively known
as Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan “one who creates for
the country”.
It is conferred to a person or group of artists recognized by
the government of the Philippines for their contributions to
the country’s intangible cultural heritage.
Filipinos who are at the forefront of the practice, preservation,
and promotion of the nation’s traditional folk arts.

 Formalized in 1992, through

Republic Act No. 7355, the
Manlilikha ng Bayan Act.
 The National Commission for
the culture and the arts
oversees its implementation.
• The main objective of the award is to honor and support
traditional folk artists and to see to it that their skills and
crafts are preserved.
• The award is tied with a program that ensures the transfer
of their skills to new generations and the promotion of
the craft both locally and internationally.
• In 2014, the Senate of the Philippines adopted Senate
Resolution No. (SRN) 765 aimed at recognizing the
accomplishments of the country’s living treasures.
 The award logo is a representation of the human form used in
traditional cloth. Below the logo is the phrase “Manlilikha ng Bayan”
written in baybayin, an ancient Filipino script used in the Philippines
in the 16th century.
 Should be a Filipino citizen or group of citizens belonging to
an indigenous/ traditional cultural community anywhere in the
Philippines, engaged in Filipino traditional art in the
following categories: folk architecture, maritime transport,
weaving, carving, performing arts, literature, graphic and
plastic arts, ornament, textile or fiber a art, pottery and other
artistic expressions of traditional culture.
 Should have been engaged in the tradition and craft for a
significant period of time with at least 50 years of existence
and documentation.
 Should have produced and performed of artistic,
distinctive, and superior quality.
 Should possess mastery of the tools and materials that
are needed for the art and must have a reputation for
being an art and must have a reputation for being an art
master and craft maker in the community where he or
she belongs.
 Should have passed on and/or will pass on the traditional
crafts and skills to other members of the community by
virtue of teaching.
 In case when a Manlilikha ng Bayan candidate is
iincapable of teaching further his/her craft and skill due to
age or infirmity;
 He / she should have created a significant body of work
and has contributed to the development of the tradition and
craft.
 He / she should have played a role in the
preservation and revitalization of the artistic
tradition in the community.
 He / she has been recognized as a master of his
/ her craft and admired for his character and
integrity in his / her community.
 Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan
a. Folk Architecture
b. Maritime Transport
c. Weaving – 8
d. Carving
e. Performing Arts - 4
f. Literature - 2
g. Graphic and Plastic Arts - 2
h. Ornament
i. Textile or Fiber Art
j. Pottery
GaMaBa Awardees
Literature
Ginaw Bilog is a Hanunuo
Mangyan poet from
Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro.
He is considered as a master of the
Ambahan poetry.
This wisdom is his key to the
understanding of the Mangyan
soul.
In 1993, he was given the Gawad
sa Manlilikha ng Bayan award.
 Ambahan
• Ambahan is a poetic literary form composed of seven-syllable
lines used to convey messages through metaphors and
images.
• The ambahan is sung and its messages range from courtship,
giving advice to the young, asking for a place to stay, saying
goodbye to a dear friend and so on.
• Such an oral tradition is common place among indigineous
cultural groups but the chiefly because it is etched on bamboo
tubes using ancient Southeast Asian, pre-colonial script called
surat Mangyan.
Federico Caballero is a Sulod-Bukidnon
epic chanter from Kalinog, Iloilo.
 He ceaselessly work for the
documentation of the oral literature,
particularly the epics, of his people.
 He considered as bantugan.
 He strives to dispense justice in the
community through his work as a
manughusay- an arbiter of conflicts.
 In 2000, he was given the “ Gawad sa
Manlilikha ng Bayan” award.
Performing
Arts
Alonzo Saclag is a Kalinga master of
dance and the performing arts from
Lubuagan, Kalinga.
 He has also mastered the dance
patterns and movements associated
with his people’s ritual.
 He is the founder of the Kalinga
Budong Dance Troupe.
 In 2000, he was given the “ Gawad
sa Manlilkha ng Bayan” award.
Masino Intaray was born near
Makagwa Valley.
He was a skilled and proficient player
on the basal (gong), aroding (mouth
harp), and babarak (ring flute).
He was also well-versed in kulilal
(songs) and bagit (vocal music).
In 1993, he was given the “Gawad sa
Manlilikha ng Bayan” award.
 Basal – is a kind of musical ensemble played
during the tambilaw (offering to the Lord of
Rice); a rice wine drinking ceremony.
 Kulilal – a lyric poem about love being sung to
the accompaniment of kusyapi, two-stringed
lute, and pagang, bamboo zither.
 Bagit – an instrumental music reflecting the
sound and movement of nature.
Samaon Sulaiman is kutyapi master
and teacher of his instrument in
Libutan and other barangays of
Maganoy town, Mindanao.
 He is proficient in kulintang,
agong, gandingan, palendag, and
tambul.
 In 1993, he was given the “
Gawad sa Manlilikha ng
Manlilkha ng Bayan” award.
Uwang Ahadas is from Lamitan, Basilan.
 He is a Yakan, a people to whom
instrumental music is of much
significance, connected as it is with both
the agricultural cycle and social realm.
 He is a hands-on-teacher to those who
wants to learn playing Yakan
intstruments including the kwintangan,
kayu, and tuntungan.
 In 2000, he was given the “Gawad sa
Manlilikha ng Bayan” award.
Plastic Arts
Eduardo Mutuc is from Apalit,
Pampanga.
 He has dedicated his life to
creating religious and secular
art in silver, bronze and
wood.
 In 2005, he was give the
“Gawad sa Manlilikha ng
Bayan” award.
Teofilo Garcia is a hat weaver
from San Quintin, Abra.
 He is known for tabungaw,
which can last up to three to
four generations if taken care
of properly.
 In 2012, he was given the
“Gawad sa Manlilikha ng
Bayan” award.
Weaving
Darhata Sawabi is a weaver of pis syabit –
the traditional cloth tapestry worn as a head
covering by Tausug of Jolo, from Barangay
Parang, in the island of Jolo, Sulu.

In 2004, she was give the “Gawad

sa Manlilikha ng Bayan” award.
 Haja Amina Appi was recognized as the
master mat weaver among the the Sama
indigenous community of Ungos Matata,
Tandubas, Tawi-Tawi.

In 2004, she was given the “Gawad

sa Manlilikha ng Bayan” award.
 Lang Dulay is a T’boli artist from Lake Sebu, South
Cotabato.
She is considered as a traditional weaver of “t’nalak”
or “tinalak” cloth.
Her art is considered excellent because
of the “fine even quality of the yarn, the
close interweaving of the warp and weft,
the traditional forms and patterns, the
chromatic integrity of the dye, and the
consistency of the finish”.
In 1998, she was given the “Gawad sa
Manlilikha ng Bayan” award.
 Magdalena Gamayo (born on august 13,
1924). Her expertise dwell in weaving high
quality Ilocos’ textile called abel.
 Abel – a kind of blanket
made up of cotton weaved in
different patterns.
In 2012, she was  She became best
given the “Gawad known for weaving the
sa Manlilkha ng Sinan-sabong.
Bayan” award.
Salinta Monon, a local
from Bansalan, is also
known as the “last Bagobo
Weaver”.
Bagobo – Tagabagawa
textiles called inabal.
In 1988, she was given the
“Gawad sa Manlilkha ng
Bayan” award.
 A master magtetennun (weaver) of Yakan textiles,
MB Ambalang Ausalin, or Apuh Ambalang, was
renowned for her excellent skills in Yakan weaving
techniques and designs, such as the sinalu’an and
seputangan, the trademark of which were eye-
catching colors and balanced combination
of minute diamonds and other
Ausalin Ambalang geometric designs.
(from Lamitan City,
Basilan) In 2016, she was given the
“Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan”
award.
 Estelita Tumandan Bantilan,
also known as Labnai, is a
renowned master weaver of Blaan
mats called igêm.
Filipino textile weaver from the
municipality of Malapatan,
Sarangani.
She is credited with creating
"some of the biggest, most subtly
In 2016, she was given the
beautiful mats to be seen
“Gawad sa Manlilikha ng
anywhere in Southeast Asia.
Bayan” award.
 Fu Yabing Masalon Dulo,
commonly referred to as Fu
Yabing, was a Filipino textile
master weaver and dyer,
credited with preserving the
Blaan traditional mabal tabih
art of ikat weaving and dyeing.

In 2016, she was given the “Gawad sa

Manlilikha ng Bayan” award.
Thank you
for listening.